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In a multi-Juggler system with a data bus, any input of any Juggler can be sent to the bus and taken off the bus as an input to any other Juggler. These internal interconnections are done in Compere, the software user interface. For example, this means that an HDMI input can be sent out elsewhere from the system via SDI.

There are three types of internal connection in a Juggler or a Juggler system:

1.Some Juggler inputs may match its outputs directly, for example providing layers from a media server to a whole-canvas background, requiring no processing on the way. These can save bandwidth by using the ‘Bypass’ feature.

2.Other Juggler inputs may occupy an entire video channel, in which case they go directly from input port to output port.

3.For placing and scaling any Juggler input on the system Canvas, Canvas Windows are matched onto the input ports, which in turn are passed to Canvas Outputs on output ports.

 

➢For an explanation of terms and parts of the system Canvas, see the Compere 1.0-5 User Guide.

Connection configurations in Juggler modules

Juggler supports connectivity via HDMI™ 2.0, DisplayPort™ 1.2 and 12G SDI. Some typical configurations of I/O options are shown here.

Media inputs and outputs

HDMI-configured Juggler with a total of 3 × Tx + 3 × Rx HDMI (shown blue) and 2 × Tx + 2 × Rx SDI (shown red):

HDMI and DisplayPort configured Juggler with 2 × Tx + 2 × Rx HDMI (shown blue) and 2 × Tx + 2 × Rx DisplayPort (shown green):

DisplayPort Juggler with 4 × Tx + 4 × Rx DisplayPort (Unit HDMI not enabled):

SDI-enabled Jugglers are equipped with up to four SFP modules (shown red):

Data bus

Each Juggler has four processing channels. By bussing Jugglers together, additional processing channels can be added to the Juggler system. To bus Juggler modules together, use optical fibre cables. Full 8-lane bandwidth MPO I/O ports (shown yellow) may be used, or 4-lane SFP modules (shown magenta). See also Connect a Juggler Data Bus:

These are configured typically alongside 2 × DP or 2 × HDMI in the second interface.

Bus capacity

The bus configuration determines the capacity in terms of resolution and equivalent bandwidth. To increase bandwidth, lanes 4 and 8 can share their capacity with lanes 1-3 and 5-7. Effectively this becomes a 6-Lane ‘High Bandwidth’ bus, with lanes 4 and 8 unavailable to separate video channels.

Bits per Pixel determines capacity of your bus for your media requirement.

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